Night Of My Life With Olivia Newton John, Belinda Carlisle & Dannii Minogue

What a fabulous day the 1st March 2012 was & one we will never forget.

My Christmas present from Leigh was the tickets to see Olivia Newton John in concert at the Sydney Opera House & tickets to the VIP event afterwards. The week before we left Dannii Minogue announced she was doing a book signing in Sydney the same day & the day before the show, Belinda Carlisle said she was going to the Olivia concert. I met Dannii at a signing 15 years ago & have been wanting to meet her again & get her books signed. As for Belinda saying she was going to be at Olivia & the chance I might meet 2 ladies I idolise on the same night, I was VERY excited.

Dannii's event was at 5.30pm & we were worried about having enough time to get to the concert, but we got there early & had no problems being about 12th in line. Dannii was absolutely lovely, bubbly & chatty when I approached her she said 'Wow Style Queen' (what a compliment!)  & signed her My Style book which the event was for BUT also signed a special edition I had of her My Story Book & her Project D Perfume for me. She was also kind enough to pose for photos with me on my own & with Leigh.

LEIGH & I WITH DANNII MINOGUE

MY AUTOGRAPHED BOTTLE OF PROJECT D FRAGRANCE

Off to the Opera House & Olivia's concert was wonderful, I have seen her in concert twice before but to go to the Opera house & see her with the Orchestra & be in the 5th row was incredible. This sounds very silly, but having loved Olivia ever since I can remember, every time she I see her & she comes on stage I always find I get a few tears. What amazing energy she has & her voice sounds perfect live, you can pretty much name a song of hers & she sang it. I loved every minute & sang along to every song & really didn't want the show to end BUT I knew I would be realising a childhood dream of meeting her after!!


Of course I was on look out for Belinda Carlisle & didn't spot her until we were leaving the concert hall. I went up very shyly & said hello & shook hands & was thrilled with that (she was with someone so I didn't want to bother her).

We went to the separate room for the VIP event with Olivia & Belinda arrived, we think she went & met Olivia privately & when we saw her leaving we went up & asked if not too much trouble, could we have a photo. She was lovely & said no problem. I sent her, her book to autograph to her Melbourne concert last week & asked her if she liked the gift I included, she thought for a second & said 'Oh My God your Nicole!' & gave me a huge hug. We chatted about my letter & she said she couldn't believe she was meeting me (other way around I was thinking!) she hugged me again & said some lovely things to me, to the point I got so overwhelmed I thought I might cry & she also looked like she was going to. She gave me another huge hug & as she was hugging me Leigh said to her ' You have no idea how much this means to Nic' & she said that was so sweet. We told her we would see her on 10 March at her show & thanked her for her time & making a long time dream come true.

MEETING ONE OF MY IDOLS THE BEAUTIFUL BELINDA CARLISLE

We got back in line to meet Olivia & I saw former actor Gregg Cave who now runs Olivia's Gaia Retreat, I had written hm a fan letter when I was 11 years old & he replied so I went up & told him the story & he thought it was lovely and took a pic with me. Very nice man & good fun.

FORMER ACTOR GREGG CAVE WHO NOW RUNS OLIVIA'S GAIA RETREAT

After all that and what ended up being a 2.5 hour wait we finally got to Olivia, I thanked her for doing this & she thanked us for supporting the Cancer & wellness centre as all the proceeds from the tickets to the VIP function were going to that. I had a hug & she signed her Greatest Hits Vol 2 Vinyl, A Two of a kind poster (which maybe she hadn't seen that photo for a while as she said 'wow' & my Grease Sandy Barbie. We chatted & had pictures and her & Belinda are 2 of the most beautiful women I have met.

MY RECORD I'VE HAD SINCE I WAS 5

LEIGH & I WITH OLIVIA

I still can't believe I have meet Olivia & Belinda & in the same night, thank goodness I have the pictures as proof. This would have to be one of the greatest nights I've ever had & one I'll never forget. Thank you Leigh for the best present & making dreams come true AGAIN.

When I arrived home tonight there was a parcel waiting & it was from Belinda, she had signed her book & Cd's I sent her with beautiful messages & included a little note.

I'm still pinching myself & it truly was a night I will never forget.

BELINDA'S BOOK THAT WAS WAITING FOR ME WHEN I GOT HOME